2010年11月29日星期一

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U.S. regrets leaks, says will tighten security (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:54 PM PST

Newspaper fronts reporting on the documents released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks are seen in New York, November 29, 2010.  REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The U.S. government said on Monday it deeply regretted the release of any classified information and would tighten security to prevent leaks such as WikiLeaks' disclosure of a trove of State Department cables.


Govt vows telecom action; loan probe may widen - source (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:19 AM PST

Birds sit atop telecommunication towers in Hyderabad May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - The government vowed action against companies that allegedly secured valuable telecom licenses at rock-bottom prices, while investigators from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) built their case in a bribes-for-loans probe that a source said would be widened.


Businesses, environment collide in India (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:59 AM PST

Employees of steelmaker POSCO talk behind the company's logos at the company's headquarters in Seoul October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - A construction firm accused India's government of high-handedness on Monday and South Korea's POSCO received another setback in its plans to make the country's biggest foreign direct investment, intensifying an ongoing dispute between business and government over the environment ministry's aggressive enforcement of green rules.


Pakistan makes no progress on Mumbai attack suspects (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:36 AM PST

Pigeons fly in front of Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai November 26, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Pakistani security agencies have made no progress in their pursuit of 20 people suspected of involvement in the 2008 attack on India's commercial capital Mumbai which killed 166 people, a senior security official said on Monday.


Barca conjure up rout of Real (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:45 PM PST

Barcelona's David Villa celebrates after scoring against Real Madrid during their Spanish first division soccer match at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona, November 29, 2010.   REUTERS/Albert GeaReuters - Barcelona conjured up a magical performance that rolled back the years to Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team" of the 1990s to crush arch-rivals Real Madrid 5-0 and move two points clear at the top of La Liga on Monday.


Climate deaths more than double in 2010 - Oxfam (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:32 PM PST

Reuters - Climate-related disasters killed 21,000 people in the first nine months of this year, more than double the number in 2009, the humanitarian organization Oxfam reported on Monday.

Mumbai court extends custody of 8 in loans probe (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:29 AM PST

A cashier counts currency notes inside a bank in Lucknow July 16, 2009. A Mumbai court on Monday extended the custody of eight financial executives arrested in a bribes-for-loans investigation until Friday. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - A Mumbai court on Monday extended the custody of eight financial executives arrested in a bribes-for-loans investigation until Friday.


Electrician stuns art world with trove of Picassos (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:22 AM PST

A man passes a large photograph of Pablo Picasso at the Albertina Museum in Vienna September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer/FilesReuters - Pablo Picasso was both hugely prolific and famously generous with his work, but was he enough of a free spirit to give hundreds of his early works -- an invaluable collection -- to his electrician?


Federer beats Nadal to win season finale in London (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 08:59 PM PST

Spain's Rafael Nadal congratulates Switzerland's Roger Federer following their singles final at the ATP World Tour Finals in London November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Roger Federer defeated world number one Rafa Nadal 6-3 3-6 6-1 to win the end-of-season ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.


LIC Housing says $85mln loans under scrutiny in scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:20 AM PST

Labourers work at a construction site for a commercial building on the outskirts of Hyderabad February 26, 2010. LIC Housing Finance said on Monday loans worth 3.89 billion rupees ($85 million) issued by it were under probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a financial bribery scandal. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - LIC Housing Finance said on Monday loans worth 3.89 billion rupees ($85 million) issued by it were under probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a financial bribery scandal.


U.S. to tighten security after WikiLeaks disclosure (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:07 AM PST

The logo of the Wikileaks website is pictured on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken in Tokyo November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - The White House ordered tighter security on Monday to prevent leaks like the release of more than 250,000 State Department cables that have embarrassed the U.S. government and some of its allies.


CBI to widen probe in bribery scandal: source (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:12 AM PST

A bank employee counts bundles of currency at a cash counter in Agartala, July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will widen the scope of its investigation into the bribes-for-loans scandal by looking at other banks, a source with direct knowledge of the probe said on Monday.


FACTBOX - Climate aid pledges at $30 billion goal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:59 AM PST

A chimney billows smoke behind electricity wires in central Beijing December 21, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray/FilesReuters - Almost 200 nations meet in Mexico for U.N. climate talks starting Monday, partly to review pledges by rich countries to provide developing nations with $30 billion in "fast-start" funds to fight global warming.


World Bank chief says double-dip recession unlikely - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:40 AM PST

World Bank President Robert Zoellick speaks during the Infrastructure Finance Summit in Singapore November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Edgar Su/FilesReuters - The global recovery continues to be "very uncertain," but a double-dip recession is unlikely, the World Bank president said in an interview to a news channel to be aired later on Monday.


Lavasa slams environment ministry Pune plan questions (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:39 PM PST

Reuters - Hindustan Construction Company's Lavasa unit said India's environment ministry acted "without jurisdiction" when it issued a notice asking for reasons not to shut down its town building project near the western city of Pune.

LIC Housing former CEO cleared realtors' loans for bribes: CBI (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:10 AM PST

A bank employee counts bundles of currency at a cash counter in Agartala, July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The former CEO of LIC Housing Finance took bribes to clear loans worth 4.70 billion rupees ($102 million) for three realtors, a lawyer for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Monday.


Govt calls new meeting over parliamentary impasse (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:39 PM PST

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen on the opening day of the budget session in New Delhi July 2, 2009. India needs to focus on a calibrated approach of using monetary measures for returning to high economic growth at the earliest, a survey by the finance ministry said on Thursday. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - the government and opposition parties will meet on Tuesday to try again to break a deadlock in parliament that has stalled passage of key legislation, an official said on Sunday.


Executives in loans probe to face hearing - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:07 AM PST

A worker stands on scaffoldings at the headquarters of Central Bank of India in Mumbai November 25, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - Executives from financial firms arrested in a bribes-for-loans investigation, the latest scandal to rock India, were set to appear before a special court in Mumbai later on Monday, sources involved in the matter said.


Q+A - What next for the deadlocked parliament? (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:56 AM PST

Reuters - Parliament has been in deadlock for nearly three weeks, preventing bills from being passed as opposition parties keep up demands for a full investigation into alleged government corruption.
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